Shave Costs on Textbooks

College students who buy all their textbooks at the campus bookstore could use a quick lesson in personal finance.

College textbook prices have climbed an average 6% per year since 1986, more than twice the rate of inflation, according to the Government Accountability Office. Primarily it's because more publishers are releasing new editions of their books and bundling them with extra learning materials such as CD-ROMs and workbooks,...